# HELP... Wierd Masking Problem

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-wierd-masking-problem/72485
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-wierd-masking-problem/72485 "2004-12-06T13:21:49Z")
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### Author: ![pbs1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@pbs1000](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pbs1000)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-wierd-masking-problem/72485/1 "2004-12-06T13:21:49Z")

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OK… this problem is so totally wierd that i’m not even going to try to explain it.

i’ve attached a little fla which contains the problem.

i have a text box which i want to be slowly revealed by a mask layer. i’ve set the whole thing up as you would expect.

when i preview the effect in Flash it works perfectly - like a dream. But…

when i “Test Movie” (or publish) IT TOTALLY DOESN’T WORK AT ALL… YOU CAN’T SEE A THING! NO TEXT BOX, NO MASK, NOTHING!!!

somebody please help me before i go completely nuts.